In recent years, Gabon, Bostwana and Taiwan have legalized relations between people of the same sex, joining Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Lesotho. But many countries still penalize homosexuality. Twelve of them even provide for the death penalty. 

Infographic of the criminalization of homosexuality in the world. © Graphic studio France Médias Monde

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